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Presents a new view of scientific progress in which variety, and not complexity, is heralded as the true measure of excellence, illustrated by examples such as the disappearance of 0.400 hitting in baseball, and the absence of modern Mozarts.
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Full house: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to Darwin, Stephen Jay Gould
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- Released
- 1997
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Publisher
- Three Rivers
- Released
- 1997
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0609801406
- ISBN13
- 9780609801406
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, Science & Math, Natural sciences, Philosophical Topics, Philosophy, Biology, Science, Evolution
- Original title
- Full house
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- Presents a new view of scientific progress in which variety, and not complexity, is heralded as the true measure of excellence, illustrated by examples such as the disappearance of 0.400 hitting in baseball, and the absence of modern Mozarts.